Chap. 55. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY
OF CERTAIN TRADE SECRETS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNING AIR POLLUTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The third paragraph of section 142B of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 800 of the acts of 1971, is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, other than emission data, submitted to the department pursuant to this section, shall, upon request, be kept confidential and not considered to be a public record when it is deemed by the commissioner that such information, record, or report relates to secret processes, methods of manufacture, or production or that such information, record, or report if made public would divulge a trade secret.
Approved March 29, 1979.